Ajtósi Dürer sor is a road in the XIV. district of
Budapest
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,
Hungary
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, along the south-eastern edge of Városliget, between Dózsa György út and
Hungária körút
Hungária körgyűrű (lit. ''Hungary beltway'' or ''Hungary boulevard'') is the longest and busiest boulevard, also the widest city street in Budapest, Hungary. It's 13 km long and has 6-10 traffic lanes with a rapid tram line on the Central ...
(Hungary Boulevard). The buildings date back from the end of the 19th century and the
interwar period
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. Its name was given in 1929 on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Albrecht Dürer's death.
History
It was built 1847 originally named ''István sor''/ German: Stephans Weg (Stephan Road) after Archduke Stephen, making reference to the neighboring quarter of ''Herminamező'', which is named after his twin sister
Archduchess Hermine of Austria
Archduchess Hermine of Austria (Hermine Amalie Marie; 14 September 1817 – 13 February 1842) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
Biography
Hermine was the daughter of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary and Princess Hermine of A ...
, who in 1842 died. The same logic lead to the quarter name of ''Istvánmező; István sor'' being part of the borderline in between them.
The connection between the ''Dózsa György út'' to Hermina was rebaptized ''Ajtósi Dürer sor'' to commemorate the 400 years anniversary of
Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer (; ; hu, Ajtósi Adalbert; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528),Müller, Peter O. (1993) ''Substantiv-Derivation in Den Schriften Albrecht Dürers'', Walter de Gruyter. . sometimes spelled in English as Durer (without an umlaut) or Due ...
's death, referring to his family's place of origin at Ajtós. The short section between ''Hermina út'' and ''Francia út'' remained ''István sor'' until 1949, when it was also restyled due to the anti-nobility ideology of the
communist regime
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.
Buildings
* No. 15.: Building of Saint Stephen Secondary Grammar School. Built by
Sándor Baumgartner
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It may refer to:
People Given name
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in 1902.
* No. 19–21.: Building of the ex Sacré Coeur School for Young Ladies designed by
Gyula Rimanóczy
Gyula Rimanóczy (19 January 1903 – 19 December 1958) architect,
in 1938.
* No. 23. : Ajtósi Dürer Dormatory, maintained and owned by ELTE
* No. 25.: Villa of sculptor György Zala designed by
Ödön Lechner
Ödön Lechner (born Eugen Lechner, 27 August 1845 – 10 June 1914) was a Hungarian architect, one of the prime representatives of the Hungarian Szecesszió style, which was related to Art Nouveau in the rest of Europe, including the Vienna ...
,
Zoltán Bálint Zoltán () is a Hungarian masculine given name. The name days for this name are 8 March and 23 June in Hungary, and 7 April in Slovakia.
Zoltána is the feminine version.
Notable people
* Zoltán of Hungary
* Zoltan Bathory, guitarist of heavy ...
and
Lajos Jámbor
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in 1900.
* No. 37.: Erzsébet School for Women designed by Sándor Baumgarten in 1902
* No. 39.: School and Dormitory of Blind, built by Sándor Baumgartner and
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